Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a First World War Combatant Auction Archive Military Merit Medal "Signum Laudis"

Military Merit Medal "Signum Laudis" with Crossed Swords

The interior consists of 224 white paper stock pages with a comprehensive study of Heer uniforms and accoutrements

maker marked with the number 4 for maker Steinhauer & Lück

plain with the exception of an illegible maker’s mark on the left

Germany, Imperial. A Medal Bar for a First World War Combatant Auction Archive Military Merit Medal "Signum Laudis"(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for a First World War combatant featuring five decorations, including: 1. A 1914 Iron Cross II Class, constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the